Objective: This study aimed to investigate which characteristics of athlete, wheelchair and athlete-wheelchair interface are the best predictors of wheelchair basketball mobility performance. Design: A total of 60 experienced wheelchair basketball players performed a wheelchair mobility performance test …

Het is belangrijk dat kinderen van jongs af aan voldoende lichamelijk actief zijn, zodat de motorische vaardigheid zich sterk kan ontwikkelen. Door deze motorische vaardigheid te meten kunnen bewegingsachterstanden en talentontwikkeling vroegtijdig worden opgespoord; hiervoor is het Athletic Skills (AS) …

The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility and validity of an Athletic Skills Track (AST) to assess fundamental movement skills among 6- to 12-year-old children in a physical education setting. 463 Dutch children (211 girls, 252 boys) completed three tests: the Körperkoordination-Test für …

Uit de Vijfde Landelijke Groeistudie is gebleken dat jonge kinderen nog steeds dikker worden (Schönbeck et al., 2011; Van Dommelen, Schönbeck, Van Buuren, & HiraSing, 2014). Overgewicht en obesitas nemen inmiddels schrikbarende waarden aan. Minder eten en meer bewegen zijn de simpele remedies, maar gedragsverandering …

The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility and validity of an Athletic Skills Track (AST) to assess fundamental movement skills among 6- to 12-year-old children in a physical education setting. Four hundred sixty-three Dutch children (211 girls, 252 boys) completed three tests: the Körperkoordinationstest …

© Georg Thieme Verlag KG. The purpose was to investigate how a negative life event (NLE) affects perceived psychosocial stress, recovery and running economy (RE). Competitive runners were monitored in a prospective non-experimental cohort study over one full training season in which they experienced …

Kinderen zijn beduidend zwaarder en minder actief dan vroeger. Docenten Lichamelijke Opvoeding (LO) zouden een belangrijke rol kunnen spelen in het ombuigen van deze trends, onder andere door zich meer te richten op de motorische vaardigheid van kinderen, een belangrijke voorspeller van een meer actieve …

The Dutch equestrian sports market has gone through many changes over the past years. The equestrian sports market increased by 16% between 2001 and 2006, a time where the brand HV POLO had a strong growth in business. Between 2006 and 2011,the company noticed change as the equestrian sports market …

The purpose of this study was to assess predictive value of a new submaximal rowing test (SmRT) on 2,000-m ergometer rowing time-trial performance in competitive rowers. In addition, the reliability of the SmRT was investigated. Twenty-four competitive male rowers participated in this study. After determining …